dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
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dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
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Calque of German Diktatur der Bourgeoisie, which is attested earliest in Karl Marx's series The Class Struggles in France, 1848–1850 [1850].
noun dictatorships of the bourgeoisie · DOTB · DotB
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A socio-political power wherein the bourgeoisie collectively holds the most influence over politics and the masses, as opposed to the dictatorship of the proletariat.
But Cavaignac was not the dictatorship of the sabre over bourgeois society; he was the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie by the sabre.
Similar: dictatorship of capital · Opposite: dictatorship of the proletariat
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noun a socio-political power
| 中文 | 資產階級專政 /资产阶级专政 zīchǎn jiējí zhuānzhèng |
|---|---|
| Français | dictature de la bourgeoisie |
| Ελληνικά | δικτατορία της αστικής τάξης diktatoría tis astikís táxis |
| Русский | диктату́ра буржуази́и diktatúra buržuazíi |
| Tiếng Việt | chuyên chính tư sản |
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